President Barack Obama earlier this month signed a $1.25 billion check to black farmers who have allegedly been victims of past wrongdoings by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The settlement apparently solves a string of so-called unfair loan policies and cash advances info that occurred over 20 years ago. Here comes the record […]
Nancy Pelosi isn’t long as Speaker of the House. But if there’s one constant in our ever-changing world it’s that Pelosi will prove unconscionable until the gavel is wrested from her hand. During a recent speech on the House floor she expressed opinions about unemployment insurance and tax policy that seem irrational even for her. […]
In a twisted case of legislative resuscitation, Senate Republicans have somehow managed to help breathe new life into the monstrosity that is the so-called Food Safety Bill, which late Sunday night was approved by unanimous consent in chamber with a voice vote. The food safety bill, recall, was left for dead earlier this month after […]
What is it about the Tea Party that is so objectionable? The attacks are too regular and varied to require recounting. It appears the Tea Party is a movement back to our anti-federalist origins; a movement advocating the restrictions on government found in our Constitution. If that is true then the attacks are from those […]
Wonderment over this “grand compromise” of the recent tax deal is similar to the one Clara Peller, the great lady who did the Wendy’s commercials in the early 1980’s, had when she asked, “Where’s the beef?” Our 2010 questions are these: 1) Where’s the Compromise? 2) Where’s the Courage? 3) Where’s the Sacrifice? It is […]
I mean really, how totally and perfectly appropriate that on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, tax-and-spender Majority Leader Harry Reid was forced late Thursday night to kill his pork-laden, $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill on the floor of the Senate. An added bonus: along with nearly $8 billion worth of earmarks tucked into […]
Once Elena Kagan was confirmed to the Supreme Court it was certain that she would, at some point, cast a vote or render an opinion. It sort of goes with the territory. Of near equal certainty was that her initial ruling would embody everything objectionable and inexplicable about the Supreme Court, judges, lawyers and the […]
Forget Stephen King; if you really want a chillingly horrific read check out the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill brewed up and released by Democrats this week, all 1,924 pages of it. Or better yet, let somebody else do the heavy reading for you. This from CNSNews: Senate Republicans gave notice Tuesday evening of their […]
How’s this for a twist: Food police cheerleader and alleged Republican Sen. Richard Burr votes for a so-called compromise tax deal, which will pile $858 billion onto the national debt, while Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat, votes against it. This from the Raleigh N&O: “It is time for Congress to tighten its belt, like American […]
According to the current definition by some people, that is. It’s amusing when we read that some wag has tagged a politician with a shorthand slap such as ‘RINO’ (Republican-in-Name-Only) and then slaps himself on the back for being so clever and funny. Many times, the facts just don’t support the accusations. RINOs are Republicans […]
